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The bill must then be submitted to a referendum in which all Irish citizens on the electoral register are eligible to vote. [7] In July 2018, Minister for Justice and Equality Charlie Flanagan announced the intention of the government to hold a referendum deleting Article 41.2 from the Constitution. [8]
Amendments to the Constitution of Ireland are only possible by way of referendum. A proposal to amend the Constitution of Ireland must be initiated as a bill in Dáil Éireann , be passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas (parliament), then submitted to a referendum, and finally signed into law by the president of Ireland .
Subsequent to the referendum, the following formalities were observed: [36] 6 October The Provisional Referendum Certificate with the full result of the referendum was published in Iris Oifigiúil. [37] 8 October [38] The Dáil passed a motion approving the terms of the Treaty under Article 29.5.2° of the Constitution 13 October
An ordinary referendum, on a bill other than an amendment to the Constitution, for which a referendum is only required on petition of Oireachtas members, and the bill is passed by a majority of those eligible to vote. There have been 38 referendums for amendments to the Constitution of Ireland. There have been no ordinary referendums.
This too was rejected in a referendum, but by a much narrower margin. The European Court of Human Rights found against the state in A, B and C v Ireland (2010). The government responded to this with the enactment of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 , which provided for abortion in the cases where there was a risk to the life of ...
The 1922 Constitution of the Irish Free State included in Article 47 provision for a referendum similar to the current 1937 Constitution's ordinary referendum. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The procedure required, first, a petition by 40% of TDs or 50% of Senators for a 90-day stay on the Governor-General 's giving Royal Assent to the bill, and then either a ...
Unlike in the United Kingdom, where membership to the European Communities was the subject of continued political debate and a post-accession referendum, in Ireland the outcome of the Third Amendment referendum immediately settled the issue of Ireland's place in Europe amongst both the Irish people and its politicians.
In January 2015, Irish lay Catholic group We Are Church Ireland gave its "unanimous support" for a Yes vote in the referendum. [70] They stated that "loving, committed relationships between two consenting adults should be treated equally by the Irish State, regardless of gender or sexual orientation."